CEDA: A Research Instrument for Creative Engineering Design Assessment

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-154

  Charyton, Christine ^a   Jagacinski, Richard J ^a   Merrill, John A ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

CEDA; creative engineering design assessment; engineering creativity; engineering design; gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249085523     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1931-3896.2.3.147     Document Type: Article

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